# detailing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #12,576

## Definitions
1. A thorough description or explanation.
2. An assignment to someone to undertake a particular task.
3. An ornamentation or decoration on something that has been constructed.
4. A careful and thorough cleaning and refurbishing of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc.

## Easily confused with
- **detaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detailing-vs-detaining)
- **dealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-detailing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ddetailing`, `deatiling`, `detaiilng`, `detailign`, `detailingg`, `detailinng`, `detailling`, `detailnig`, `detaliing`, `detialing`, `dettailing`, `dteailing`, `edtailing`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/detailing